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Carlos E. Asay, Of the Seventy BYU Devotional, September 1980 Too often, I fear we fail to appreciate the worth of something until it is either lost or taken away. We are prone to take health for granted until illness strikes. The heat of summer gives rise to complaint until the first snow flies. Even heavenly gifts and powers receive casual treatment until needs and urgencies arise to remind us of our utter dependence upon the God who gave us life. Transcript Transcript of Elder Asay s remarks. Audio Download (31:23 min / 9 MB)

S. Michael Wilcox, Church Educational System BYU Education Week 1997 Brother Wilcox discusses the interaction of faith, hope and charity in our lives.Audio Download (55:22 min / 12.7 MB)

H. David Burton, Presiding Bishop General Conference, April 2006 This modern-day humanitarian effort is a wonderful manifestation of the charity that burns within the souls of those whose hearts are tender and whose hands are ready to help. This selfless service truly demonstrates the pure love of Christ. Transcript Transcript of Bishop Burton s remarks. Audio Download (14:38 min / 3.4 MB)

Truman Madsen, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at BYU and Former Director of the Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center Truman Madsen discusses Joseph Smith s keys and mission. (This recording also includes a musical selection by Kenneth Cope.)Audio Download (51:16 min / 11.7 MB)

Jeffrey R. Holland, President of BYU BYU Devotional, February 1982 I wish to speak this morning of the demands of discipline and discipleship, of the responsibilities we have to face when we choose to follow Jesus Christ. In the Savior s life and in ours, Satan counters such discipline with temptations of an easier way, with an offer of convenient Christianity. It is a temptation Jesus resisted, and so must we. Life was very inconvenient for him, and, unless I miss my guess, it will often be so for you and for me when we take upon us his name. Transcript Transcript of President Holland s remarks. Audio Download (39:40 min / 11.4 MB)

Vaughn J. Featherstone, Of the Seventy BYU Devotional, September 1985 We teach a Word of Wisdom that the modern scientists are discovering is an inspired health law. We have family home evening and family prayer. We pay tithes and offerings, and our people prosper. We go to the temple and perform vicarious work for the dead, and we send out our true ambassadors as missionaries to the world. We believe in Christ and we live his commandments, and we do so everlastingly many more things as we serve our Lord. Why then can we not recognize the tactics of the evil one? We should walk in the sun as at noonday. What Satan has done is perpetrated a great lie upon us. To our youth he has lied: You can keep your standards but you do not have to be different. You do not need to violate the Word of Wisdom, but you do not have to make an issue out of the things that do not really matter. Our very dress and grooming reflects our inward values. If you will watch and pattern your dress and conduct after the people of real substance, you will not go wrong. Men and women of substance have the inner stability and well-being to follow the conservative, inoffensive dress standards. Remember, there is a time and a season for everything under the heavens. Transcript Transcript of Elder Featherstone s remarks. Audio Download (33:07 min / 9.5 MB)

Richard Bushman, Author and Professor of History, Emeritus, at Columbia University BYU Sperry Symposium 2005 Brother Bushman discusses the intersections in the lives of Joseph Smith and Abraham Lincoln.Audio Download (54:32 min / 12.5 MB)

Andrew Skinner, Professor of Religion at BYU From Bethlehem through the Sermon on the Mount (BYU Conference) Brother Skinner discusses the Sermon on the Mount.Audio Download (23:57 min / 5.5 MB)

Sheri L. Dew, President of Deseret Book BYU Women s Conference 2008 Sister Dew discusses becoming a disciple of Christ.Audio Download (29:54 min / 13.7 MB)

Spencer W. Kimball, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Fireside, September 1971 Elder Kimball discusses how the Gospel solves the problems of the world.Audio Download (50:32 min / 11.6 MB)

Jolene Merica, Program administrator, Conferences and Workshops at BYU BYU Women s Conference 2000 We are like the wise virgins when we set aside the world s labels and fill our hearts with the love of God. We are like wise virgins as we come to understand agency and our tendency as parents to control our children s choices. Further, we contribute to the wisdom of our children by teaching them how to seek the Spirit and take him as their guide. Transcript Transcript of Sister Merica s remarks. Audio Download (25:43 min / 5.9 MB)

Boyd K. Packer, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles BYU Devotional, March 1990 Elder Packer discusses faith.Audio Download (46:26 min / 10.6 MB)

Neal A. Maxwell, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles BYU Devotional, January 1996 A fascinating thing about joy and love, with which you are surely familiar, is that when we enlarge our capacity to love, other people become real individuals, not merely functions. Gospel duties cease to be mere routine and become, instead, doors to delight. Transcript Transcript of Elder Maxwell s remarks. Audio Download (41:09 min / 18.8 MB)

Robert D. Hales, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles BYU Devotional, November 2005 Elder Hales discusses the importance of the temple.Audio Download (24:56 min / 5.7 MB)

Elaine Jack, former General Relief Society President and member of the General Young Women s Presidency BYU-Idaho Education Week, June 2004 Peace comes from within. Think about it. When have you felt peace? It can t be purchased at the mall or cooked up in the kitchen. It is not transferred easily from one to another, except from the Lord. Jesus Christ promised: Peace I leave with you, my peace give I unto you, not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Peace is his to give and ours to receive. Transcript Transcript of Sister Jack s remarks. Audio Download (24:46 min / 12.6 MB)

Jack Christianson, Director of the Orem Institute of Religion Education Week, August 1997 Remember what you were born to be. Support BYU Broadcasting Click above to help support BYU Broadcasting. Audio Download (50:10 min / 26.7 MB)

Robert L. Millet, Dean of Religious Education at BYU BYU Devotional, February 1998 Sooner or later you and I will be approached by men and women not of our faith persons either sincerely interested in what we believe or else opposed to much of what we stand for. This is particularly true as the Church grows and as our influence spreads throughout the world. Perhaps it would be worthwhile for us to entertain a few questions about what we believe, questions frequently asked of the Latter-day Saints concerning scripture, God, Christ, and salvation. Transcript Transcript of Brother Millet s remarks. Audio Download (33:34 min / 9.6 MB)

Christine Geddes, BYU-Idaho Faculty BYU-Idaho Devotional, October 2004 Nothing is weightier than the burden of sin. Nothing robs us of reason to rejoice more than breaking God s absolute laws. We are mortal and by virtue of our fallen nature we have the predisposition to sin. Not many of us, last time I looked, are on a list of people to be translated. How dare we be so human? How dare we make mistakes? Making mistakes is, however, part of our mortal experience. But we need not continue in sin and error. One of the breathtakingly beautiful realities of the gospel of Jesus Christ is the gift of repentance. In the Hebrew of the Old Testament the word for repentance is shube, which means to turn. We turn our hearts to God and present him with our wills, which Elder Maxwell assures us is the only thing we really have to give him which is not already his. Transcript Transcript of Sister Geddes remarks. Audio Download (34:32 min / 7.9 MB)

Bruce R. McConkie, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles BYU Devotional, January 1975 When we partake of the sacrament, we renew the covenants made in the waters of baptism. We agree again to take upon ourselves the name of the Son and to keep his commandments so we shall always have his Spirit to be with us. Baptism and the sacrament are the ordinances which open the door so that as a people, peculiar and set apart from the world, we have power to become sons and daughters of God. Obeying and conforming, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, living soberly and righteously and godly in this present world such a way of life is the course whereby the power is exercised and the desired eventuality obtained. In my father s family we had a saying, Remember who you are and act accordingly. I adopted this same motto for my family. My wife tells me that her father did precisely the same thing. Our family motto meant to us, First, you are a McConkie; you have been taught the truth; you know what is expected of you at all times; you are to live by the standards of the family and avoid anything that would stain the family name. Second, you are a Christian; Jehovah is your shepherd; the Lord Jesus is your father; you are to live by gospel standards and not do anything which would bring disrepute upon him whose name you bear; you are to keep his commandments. Now, in the light of the principle that we are a peculiar people who have become the sons and daughters of him who is our Lord, may I suggest some specific things that will help us overcome the world and make the doctrines here involved live in us. I shall do this by presenting what we may term the ten commandments of a peculiar people. Transcript Transcript of Elder McConkie s remarks. Audio Download (37:34 min / 10.7 MB)

Thomas S. Monson, First Presidency Fireside, November 2005 May I provide a simple formula by which you can measure the choices which confront you. It s easy to remember, sometimes difficult to apply: You can t be right by doing wrong; you can t be wrong by doing right. Your personal conscience always warns you as a friend before it punishes you as a judge. Transcript Transcript of President Monson s remarks. Audio Download (38:35 min / 11 MB)

Robert C. Oaks, Of the Seventy BYU-Idaho Education Week 2005 Elder Oaks discusses the importance of the home, the chapel and the temple.Audio Download (26:39 min / 6.1 MB)

Stephen R. Covey, Professor of Organizational Behavior and Business Management at BYU BYU Devotional, May 1975 The Holy Ghost is a member of the Godhead who performs very specific functions on this earth to sanctify, to guide, to witness, to testify of the Father and Son and things pertaining to their kingdom, and to confirm the promise of the Father when you and I enter into a covenant relationship in the waters of baptism. When we renew our covenants in other ordinances the Holy Ghost confirms the promise of the Father to us, his covenant children, that if we will live true we will have peace in this world and eternal life in the world to come. The Holy Ghost then would give us guidance, personal revelation, and personal commandments regarding the affairs of our lives. President McKay taught that to all members of the Church who are in the line of their duty the Holy Ghost normally speaks through their consciences. The Lord may choose many ways to speak, but it seems that the still, small voice, the enlightened conscience, or heart within a person would be the natural one for him to choose. However, it may require some other way to reach a man who is perhaps beyond the experience or the words of Christ which have been deposited within that conscience, or it may require the imposition of keys, priesthood powers, or certain other special blessings. The choice would lie in the Lord s hands according to his purposes. But for most of us most of the time the Holy Ghost will speak through our consciences. The Spirit of Jesus Christ is the medium through which the Holy Ghost, this member of the Godhead, performs his unique and special functions. Transcript Transcript of Brother Covey s remarks. Audio Download (41:10 min / 11.8 MB)

Gregory Clark, Associate Dean of the BYU College of Humanities BYU Devotional, May 2008 The healing and enabling power of the Savior s Atonement of His love, really will become more real to me than the threats carried by any storm I might otherwise fear. Transcript Transcript of Brother Clark s remarks. Audio Download (29:43 min / 10.2 MB)

M. Russell Ballard, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles General Conference, April 2006 Our love for the Lord and appreciation for the Restoration of the gospel are all the motivation we need to share what gives us much joy and happiness. It is the most natural thing in the world for us to do, and yet far too many of us are hesitant to share our testimonies with others. Transcript Transcript of Elder Ballard s remarks. Audio Download (16:41 min / 3.8 MB)

Gordon B. Hinckley, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Fireside, March 1979 If anyone were to ask me the day and the hour of the Second Coming, I could only answer that I do not know. But while neither I nor any other man knows when He will come, there are some things that I do know and that knowledge comes from the scriptures, and the testimony of its truth comes by the power of the Holy Ghost. Although I do not know the time, I look forward to the Lord s coming. Transcript Transcript of Elder Hinckley s remarks. Audio Download (25:09 min / 7.2 MB)

James E. Faust, Assistant to the Quorum of Twelve Apostles BYU Devotional, August 1973 Every time I go into the President s room at the Hotel Utah, which, as you know, contains the pictures of all of the presidents of the Church, there is a remarkable likeness of Brigham Young looking down from the wall. He always seems to be saying to me, What are you doing here? a question which might appropriately be asked of those of you who are attending BYU. What are you doing here? This great school and its unique faculty are not really on trial, for they have stood the tests of time and excellence; but the students who attend here will be evaluated more and longer than any students who attend any other institution in this state or any other state. This is so because the Spirit of the Lord is here, and therefore it should reflect in the quality of the lives of those who attend here. Transcript Transcript of Brother Faust s remarks. Audio Download (21:23 min / 4.9 MB)

Marion D. Hanks, Of the Seventy BYU Devotional, March 1965 There are certain wonderful truths that God had given us and expects us to share, with our fellowman, which will bless the life of the finest human being who does not have them, and who will learn them, and will live them. Audio Download (28:34 min / 8.2 MB)

Spencer W. Kimball, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles BYU Devotional, July 1971 Peter was full of faith. He never faltered. From the day he forsook his nets and boats, his feet never turned away. Even in his moment of denial, he was a near to his Lord as he could be. Let him who would be critical of this apostle put himself in the same place among the bitterest enemies, persecutors, and assassins with a growing knowledge of the futility of defending his Lord, whose hour had come. He who had forgiven his crucifiers also forgave Peter who had denied him. Excerpts Excerpts from Elder Kimball s remarks. Transcript Transcript of Elder Kimball s remarks. Audio Download (33:17 min / 10.7 MB)

Elaine L. Jack, Relief Society General President BYU Devotional, March 1992 Charity is love not just earthly love or temporary love, but the pure love of Christ. Charity is so important that we must have it in our lives. It is not just nice to possess charity; it is essential. Transcript Transcript of Sister Jack s remarks. Audio Download (27:06 min / 7.8 MB)

Sandra Rogers, International Vice President at BYU BYU Women s Conference 2005 Do you remember the moment when you learned there was a way for the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ to be unlocked fully for you? When you truly believed there was a way for you to be reconciled to God? Transcript Transcript of Sister Rogers remarks. Audio Download (29:29 min / 6.7 MB)